News 2007 July 3

ISS acquires Australia's Oceania Maritime

US union says progress in talks with 17 lines

Tanker rates snap slide as ship supplies shrink

Aker Yards to build two vessels for Maritima

Western Cape government plans to make important maritime hub from Saldanha Bay

Port operator SPRBun extent concession in Colombia's port of Buenaventura

STX Shipbuilding reports near three-fold rise in orders

Throughput of Petersburg Oil Terminal totals 5.5 million tonnes in Jan-June, 07

Nikolai Asaul appointed Chairman of St. Petersburg CTTP

Container throughput of First Container Terminal up 13.2% in H1 07, y-o-y

Throughput of Novorossiysk Commercial Seaport totals 32.8 million tonnes in Jan-May 07

Government to invest about RUR170 billion into shipbuilding modernization

Caspian Pipeline Consortium to hold general meeting

Throughput of Yuzhny port (Ukraine) up 4.4% in H1 07, y-o-y

Oil price up to $72.63 in London and to $71.09 in New York

Throughput of Murmansk Commercial Seaport down 5.8% in Jan-June, 07, y-o-y

Port of Houston receives $33.5 million from U.S. government

ICTSI JV company takes over Yantai Gangtong box terminal

Port of Taicang (China) transshipments up 35.6pc

Sinotrans re-organises subsidiaries in Shandong

Ningbo greets 53-footers that meet US land transit norms

Zhongshan to open 'logistics bank' using cargo as collateral

Private equity firm buys 25pc stake in Chennai Container Terminal

Maersk forwarding element to merge with Damco Sea & Air

MacAndrews launches UK-Spain reefer express service

Novorossiysk grain terminal to export first volume of grain in August

Workers go on strike at Kochi port

GOA shipyard launches advanced offshore patrol vessel